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Atkins Medical Experts Present Food Pyramid
Recommendations to Congress
posted 02/19/04
Atkins Physicians Council Members File Controlled-Carbohydrate Food Pyramid with Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee to Congress and federal officials.
This week, the Atkins Physicians Council (APC) briefed federal officials and members of the Bush Administration on an innovative food guide pyramid supporting a controlled-carbohydrate lifestyle that could serve the needs of many of the more than 100 million Americans who are losing the battle against obesity. The Atkins Lifestyle Food Guide Pyramid is designed to address the epidemic of obesity by providing an easy to follow nutritional approach for achieving and maintaining a healthy weight. Atkins also informed the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that medical experts with Atkins Health & Medical Information Services (AH&MIS) intend to file comments with the government's Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee based on Atkins' nutritional approach and dietary philosophy.
See The Atkins Controlled-Carbohydrate Food Pyramid at the end of the feature.
"We are delighted that the USDA has come to terms with the need for individualization of nutritional approaches and is now proposing the development of as many as 12 new versions of the existing pyramid," adds Dr. Trager. "We will work in the months to come to ensure that among these versions is a controlled-carbohydrate option based on the existing and emerging scientific research that supports the safety and efficacy of controlled-carbohydrate nutrition. As physicians, we need to provide the full spectrum of effective and safe options to the millions of Americans who are in need of an individualized weight-management plan they can follow. USDA surveys have shown that while 80 percent of Americans recognize the existing Food Guide Pyramid, very few heed its advice. Designing more practical and realistic versions of the pyramid, including those based on controlling carbohydrates, will go a long way to empowering people with effective tools and choices to battle this epidemic of obesity."
Perhaps as important, the Atkins Lifestyle Food Guide Pyramid should dispel many of the myths and misconceptions about Atkins that have prevented more people from using this effective solution to weight control. "The visual imagery of the Atkins pyramid and its accompanying information should also provide clarity to those who misunderstand the Atkins program and mistakenly believe that eating many vegetables and fruits is not an integral part of doing Atkins properly. The Atkins pyramid should also put to rest the misleading claims by copycat diet book authors whose supposed "healthier" versions of the Atkins Nutritional Approach (ANA) are, at best, rank imitations of the ANA or, at worst, unproven and potentially risky departures from the now scientifically validated ANA protocols," says Dr. Trager.
""We surely owe this to our children and the next generation of Americans," notes Stephen B. Sondike, M.D., one of the nation's most widely published researchers on childhood and adolescent obesity. "I feel that the controlled-carbohydrate approach may eventually be viewed as an even more critical tool for children than it is for adults. We're now faced with a generation of children who can expect to have a
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larger view) shorter lifespan than their parents if we don't move quickly to
revolutionize nutrition and health care in this country. History may judge my
generation of physicians on this alone." Dr. Sondike, the third member of the
APC to attend the Administration meetings, is director of the Nutrition,
Exercise and Weight Management (NEW) Kids Program at the Children's Hospital of
Wisconsin.
The Atkins Lifestyle Food Guide Pyramid is based on the writings and work of Dr. Atkins and for the first time graphically depicts in traditional "food pyramid" language what Dr. Atkins championed for more than 30 years. Based on Dr. Atkins' work, the pyramid emphasizes a wide range of protein sources and nutrient-dense carbohydrates, such as most vegetables, certain fruits, nuts, dairy products and whole grains, that have a low impact on blood sugar.
Source: Diabetes In Control.com: Atkins Health & Medical Information Services.
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